Jib-furler



(No Model.)

W. P. 8: A. M. CUTLER.

JIB FURLER.

No. 311,964. Patented Feb. 10, 885

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XVILLIAM P. CUTLER AXD ALEXANDER M. CUTLER, OF BATH, MAINE.

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$PECI'PICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,964, datedFebruary 10, 1885.

Application filed December 1, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM P. CUTLER and ALEXANDER M. CUTLER, citizensof the United States, residing at Bath, in the county of Sagadahoc andState of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inJib-Furlers; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to a jib-sail downhaul and furler; and it has forits object to provide means for the effective lowering and furlin g ofthe j ib-sail, which shall be simple in their construction, easilyoperated, and to provide devices for the above-mentioned purpose thatmay be applied at a slight cost.

with these and other objects in view the invention consists in theimproved construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of so much of asailing-craft as is necessary to illustrate the application of ourinvention thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of parts in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in both the figures, A represents thevessel; 13, the forcmast; O, the bowsprit; D, the jib, and E the flyingjib, all being arranged and located in the usual wellknown manner.

Secured to the upper end of the flying jib is a rope, F, which passesthrough eyes a,securcd to the foreniast stay-repel), down to the lowerend of said flying jib, at which point itpasses through a block orpulley, c, secured to the bowsprit.

Midway between the upper and lower ends of the flying jib E, and uponeach side of the same, are secured re-enforcing strips d, A hole oropening is formed in the sail at about the middle of said reenforcingstrips, in which hole or opening is secured a toggle consisting of twosections, f g, each section having an eye, 71, formed at its end. Thesection 7 is provided with a threaded opening, which is adapted toreceive the eXteriorly-threaded portion of the section As the ends ofthe toggle-sections are larger than the shanks, it will be seen that ifsaid toggle were made of one piece it would necessitate the use of ahole in the sail of a larger diameter than the shank of the toggle, inorder to allow the toggle to be fitted in the opening. Hence it will beseen that by constructing the toggle as above described the same may bereadily placed in position with but little trouble. By the employmentofthe re-enforcing strips all possibility of the toggle tearing out isprevented. Near the upper end of the flying jib is provided a bulls-eye,G, which may, if desired, be provided with a sheave, though the same maybe dispensed with, if desired, it having no other office than to assistthe passage of the furling-line. Thejib D is provided with a similararrangement of bullseye, toggle, and reenforcing strip. The rope 1* ispassed through the eye in the toggle on one side of the sail, throughthe bulls-eye, and down through the eye in the toggle on the other sideof the sail. The said rope is then passed through a pulley, 17, securedto the bowsprit. The said line F is then carried rearwardly and passedthrough a pulley, j, up through the eye in one end of the jib-toggle,through the bulls-cye down througlii the other eye of the toggle,through a pulley, 7r, thence toa cleat, Z, to which it may be made fast.W'Vherc only one jib is used, the rope or line would be carried directlytherefrom through a pulley, as at c, thence direct to a cleat.

It will be seen that to lower and furl the flying jib andjib it is onlynecessary to release their respective sheets and then haul on the ropeF, which will, through the agency of the means and arrangement of thesame before described, cause the sails to be speedily lowered andfurled.

\Ve claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- '1. The combination,with the jib-sail of a vessel, of a line connecting the upper endthereofwith the vessel, thence passing through .a pulley on thebowsprit, through guides on the sail to a point 'near the upper end ofthe sail and connecting such point of the sail with the bowsprit,substantially as set forth.

2. In a jib down-haul and furle-r, a toggle consisting of two sect-ions,each having an eye IOO at its end, one of said sections being interiorlyscribed, and through a block or pulley, as set threaded, While the otheris exteriorly to enforth. gage the same, substantially as set forth. 5.The combination, with a sail, and with 3. The combination, with thejib-sails, of the re-enforcing strips, of the toggle passing 5 togglesarranged near the middle of the same, through said strips and sail, andhaving an 2:)

bulls-eyes arranged near the upper end of the eye at each end, andconsisting of two sections sails, and furling-ropes for lowering,furling, adapted to be secured together, substantially and securingsails, substantially as set forth. as set forth.

4. The combination, with the jib sails, of In testimony whereof we affixour signatures 1o toggles arranged near the middle of the same, inpresence of two witnesses.

bulls-eyes arranged'near the upper ends of WILLIAM P. CUTLER. the sails,and a rope connected to the upper ALEXANDER M. CUTLER. end of the flyingjib passing through a pulley \Vitnesses: secured to the bowsprit, thencethrough the ARIETTA M. CUTLER, i 5 toggles and bulls-eyes of both sails,as de- JOSEPH M. TROTT.

